Tag: Letters
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Week 5: Love Letters in War
In class, I was afraid of the idea of listening to letters being read because of how uncomfortable I would feel. Turns out, I was right. I was very uncomfortable, but I enjoyed listening to the stories. I was uncomfortable because of how they would flirt back then, and I’m just too single to understand…
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Week 4: Last Letters in the Holocaust
In class, we discovered that free writing is a way to clear the mind with writing that doesn’t need to be perfect. Before class, we read two letters during the Holocaust the were a persons last letter to their loved ones (family members, significant others, etc;). During class, we wrote a free writing for a…
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Writing Project Free Write
For this letter writing project, I know that my theme is love letters, but I can’t seem to find one that I would be interested to read about. My first option had to be off my list because it will be presented during class. I’m still looking for books, but I know that I will…
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Week 3: WWII Japanese Internment
Before class, we read letters from Japanese-Americans of what it was like to be a target and having to move from your hometown to a camp for your own protection. We came together to discuss an article called “Dear Miss Breed” which shared stories of different people sharing their experiences during WWII in Japanese Internment…
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Week 2: WWII Communication/Special Collections
Something I found interesting during my class was reading multiple letters from a student that attended to Muhlenberg College in the 1940s. Yes, majority of the letters were in cursive and needed to be treated delicately, but it was worth learning. What I mean is that you learn how productive students were back then and…